The renovated manufacturing hub is housed in the former Margaret A Ireland Elementary School. MAGNET recently opened its new headquarters in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood. It’s maturing me faster than I thought it would,” Wilson said. “Being accountable for yourself, accountable for your work. Wilson said manufacturing has taught her responsibility. So, I felt if I put myself in a better place to succeed in the world, it will help her.' 'I just want to be the best person I could for her. “Growing up, I really looked up to my parents, and I wanted to be a person that she could look up to, whether it be for a job, or advice growing up as a young woman in this world,' said Wilson.

Wilson is a senior at Shaw High School and said her main motivation is her one-year-old daughter, Isabella. Wilson, alongside 30 other students, are part of the program currently and recruitment is underway for the 60 open spots in next year’s cohort. To make an impact on northeast Ohio, so they can impact on their families, and to make an impact in our city.” And so on top of giving them the career advice and the professional skills and all of those types of things, I just want to develop greater human beings. “It gives them an opportunity to find some purpose, to find some destiny in their lives. “I love this job because it gives the students a why,” Nichols said. Rahim Nichols is the director of the program. The goal is to create a talent pipeline for the thousands of open manufacturing jobs in the region. The program places juniors and seniors at 14 northeast Ohio high schools in paid internships at nine local manufacturers. “And then they told us that we would get 12 credits towards our graduation and I was like I need the credits too. So, I was like, okay, I need to get a job,” Wilson said. “When they initially came, they told us first thing off the bat it was a paid internship. The nonprofit consulting group was there to recruit for its Early College Early Career (ECEC) program. She was intrigued when the Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network (MAGNET) came to her high school last year. “You get to do a lot hands-on and they help you find your place,” Wilson said.

Officials said the new center will help create 30,000 jobs and grow the local economy by $40 billion by 2032.

MAGNET recently opened its new headquarters in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood.

At ECEC, students attend their home high school three days a week, come to the new MAGNET facility for hands-on learning one day a week, and work at their internship each Friday.

Early College Early Career (ECEC) program is part of the nonprofit consulting group Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network (MAGNET).

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